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on Sociology of Economics |
| By: | Stephan B. Bruns (University of Kassel - Meta-Research in Economics Group); David I. Stern (Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University) |
| Abstract: | We show that university rankings in economics based on long-run citation counts can be easily predicted using early citations. The rank correlation between universitiesÕ cumulative citations received over ten years for economics articles published in 2003 and 2004 and citations received in 2003 to 2004 alone is 0.91 in the UK and 0.82 in Australia. We compare these citation-based university rankings with the rankings of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise in the UK and the 2010 Excellence in Research assessment in Australia. Rank correlations are quite strong but there are differences between rankings based on this type of peer review and rankings based on citation counts. However, if assessors are willing to consider citation analysis to assess some disciplines as is the case for the natural sciences and psychology in Australia there seems no reason to not include economics in this set. |
| JEL: | A14 |
| Date: | 2015–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:een:crwfrp:1501&r=sog |
| By: | Nuredini, Kaltrina; Peters, Isabella |
| Abstract: | We present Mendeley-readership information for 30 journals from the German Handelsblatt ranking for Economics and Business Studies from 2010/2012. We use readership data to characterize both fields by journals with over twenty years of publication activity. The analysis focusses on journal output, reader counts, scientific disciplines, academic status as well as geographic origin of readers. The results show that Mendeley provides relatively good coverage of research articles for both disciplines. The majority of readers are PhD students in Business Administration from USA and Germany. Moderate correlations are found between journals’ reader numbers and impact factors. The results suggest that Mendeley readership data on journal level adds useful information to research evaluation and journal rankings and helps economists to publish in the best journal according to the intended target groups. |
| Keywords: | altmetrics,readership information,journal ranking,economics |
| Date: | 2015–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esconf:110467&r=sog |
| By: | Ho Fai Chan; Ali Sina Önder; Benno Torgler |
| Abstract: | We investigate whether Nobel laureates’ collaborative activities undergo a negative change following prize reception by using publication records of 198 Nobel laureates and analyzing their coauthorship patterns before and after the Nobel Prize. The results overall indicate less collaboration with new coauthors post award than pre award. Nobel laureates are more loyal to collaborations that started before the Prize: looking at coauthorship drop-out rates, we find that these differ significantly between coauthorships that started before the Prize and coauthorships after the Prize. We also find that the greater the intensity of pre-award cooperation and the longer the period of pre-award collaboration, the higher the probability of staying in the coauthor network after the award, implying a higher loyalty to the Nobel laureate. |
| Keywords: | Nobel Prize; Nobel laureate; Award; Network; Coauthors; Recognition; Chemistry; Physics; Physiology or Medicine |
| Date: | 2015–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cra:wpaper:2015-10&r=sog |
| By: | Georgieva, Kalina; Marinov, Eduard |
| Abstract: | With the development of digital technology and especially the possibilities for electronic publishing Open access publishing is becoming more and more a global phenomenon. Open access means unrestricted online access to scholarly research and research data. The paper presents the common definitions, the types and vehicles for delivering of Open access and tries to define the legal basis for the implementation of Open access publishing. Further, the paper discusses the main benefits presented by Open access from an economic perspective. |
| Keywords: | open access, open access to scientific publications, electronic publishing, scientific publications copyright |
| JEL: | K2 O31 O34 |
| Date: | 2015–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:64560&r=sog |
| By: | Düz, Fidan; Kressin, Lisa; Revuelta Nohl, Diego; Paasch, Michael; Paladines, Marco; Richter, Maren; Sazkeser, Semih; Suckow, Silvio |
| Abstract: | Dieses Diskussionspapier präsentiert und reflektiert die Ergebnisse aus der Lehrforschung "Sozialisation in die Wissenschaft. Ausbildung und Betreuung von Promovierenden", das im Winter- und Sommersemester 2013/2014 am Institut für Sozialwissenschaft der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin vom Herausgeber durchgeführt wurde. Die zentrale For-schungsfrage der Lehrforschung war, auf welche Weise Promovierende in unterschiedlichen Disziplinen in die Wissenschaft sozialisiert werden. Dabei gingen wir von einem engen Zusammenhang zwischen den spezifischen Sachfragen einer Disziplin, ihrer Alltagsorganisation und den tatsächlich praktizierten Formen der Promotionsbetreuung aus. Wir nahmen zudem an, dass die disziplinären Sozialisationsweisen zu den gegenwärtig neu entwickelten Organisationsweisen der Promotion (z.B. Graduiertenschulen) in Spannung geraten können, wenn sie nicht hinreichend berücksichtigt werden. Neben dem Erkenntnisgewinn zu dieser Thematik war ein weiteres Ziel der Lehrforschung die Sozialisation von Studierenden in die Wissenschaft. Studierende sollten die Praktiken der Sozialforschung nicht nur über Bücher kennenlernen, sondern sich über die eigene Erhebung und Auswertung von Daten im Team praktisch aneignen können. Vom Feldzugang, über die Teamkoordination, die fallspezifische Methodenverwendung bis zur materialnahen Hypothesenentwicklung konnten sie sich auf den verschiedensten Ebenen an den praktischen Unwägbarkeiten der Forschung austesten. Inwiefern das Zusammenbinden von Lehre und Forschung ein wichtiges Element in der Gestaltung sozialwissenschaftlicher Studiengänge sein kann, wird eingangs reflektiert. Anschließend werden vier Einzelstudien der Feldarbeit vorgestellt. Darin entwickeln die Studierenden ein Konzept zur Erhebung von Promo-tionsabbrüchen (Kapitel II), rekonstruieren Sozialisationsprozesse in der Mikrobiologie (Kapitel III), in der Ökonomie (Kapitel IV) sowie in den Professionen Medizin und Ingenieurwissenschaft (Kapitel V). In allen - sehr verschieden organisierten - Disziplinen ist die intellektuelle Selbständigkeit von Promovierenden ebenso wichtig wie ihre Ausrichtung auf das Forschungsprogramm der Betreuenden. Hieraus entsteht eine strukturelle Spannung zwischen Autonomie und Kontrolle in der Promotionsbetreuung. |
| Abstract: | This paper reflects the findings of the research seminar "Academic Socialization. Training and Supervision of PhD Students" in three dimensions (Institute for Social Sciences, Hum-boldt University Berlin, winter/summer term 2013/14): Firstly, the research seminar asks, in what way different disciplines shape the academic socialization processes of PhD students. The hypothesis was that content, social organization and socialization processes are tightly coupled in a discipline. In consequence, tensions between disciplinary and new organizational forms of doctoral education (i.e. graduate schools) emerge when central features of the discipline are not respected. Secondly, the paedagogical goal of the seminar was to introduce the students to the practice of social research. Students conducted empirical data in a team and had to cope with typical uncertainties of social research such as selecting and opening a field of inquiry, coordinating a team, using methods case sensitive or developing a hypothesis bottom up. The first chapter reflects on the possibilities and limitations of research rooted teaching processes in contemporary universities. In four studies the students, conceptionalize a survey on the drop off reasons of PhD students (Chapter II) and students analyze the socialization processes in microbiology (Chapter III), economics (Chapter IV) and the medical and engineering profession (Chapter V). We demonstrate that intellectual independence in persuing a PhD is as important as the link between the student and the reasearch program of the supervisor. This constitutes a structural tension between autonomy and control in all PhD supervisions. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:wzbsps:spiii2015602&r=sog |
| By: | Lin, Eric S. (National Tsing Hua University); Chiu, Shih-Yung (National Cheng Kung University) |
| Abstract: | Postdoc is a special transitional position for those with a doctoral degree and is usually regarded as an investment to accumulate the additional human and social capital needed to facilitate future job searches or to add to an academic reserve army of unemployed PhDs. Given the prevalence of postdoctoral positions nowadays, it is crucial to explore the role played by postdoctoral participation in the post-PhD labor market. By taking advantage of a comprehensive data set from the National Profiles of Human Resources in Science and Technology in Taiwan, we first explore several characteristics associated with the choice of a postdoctoral position for newly-minted doctoral degree holders, such as age, discipline or the time taken to complete the degree. We then apply the control function approach to address the possible endogenous decision of postdoctoral experience when estimating the effects of postdoctoral positions on the current career choices between academic and non-academic jobs. The empirical results suggest that engaging in postdoctoral positions could increase the probability of advancing to the academic sector by about 6.1%. The heterogeneous effects of gender, major and cohort in regard to the postdoctoral experience are also found by splitting the data. Moreover, we experiment with several groupings for the definition of being awarded an academic position and obtain very robust empirical results. |
| Keywords: | academia, postdoctoral position, PhD, job choice |
| JEL: | I2 J24 |
| Date: | 2015–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9083&r=sog |